The best way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to hear–and that goes double if you’re Laura Benanti. This week we’re doing a Christmas crossover with holiday comedy Elf and Broadway favorite She Loves Me. Join us for our conversation about Walt’s love of humidifiers, Annie’s childhood reindeer trauma, and how ice cream solves all y…

It’s the bagel party of your dreams–but definitely don’t google it. This week, we’re crossing over the brilliantly crafted time-crossing middle grade adventure Holes and the heist-in-a-nested-reality action film Inception. Join us for our conversation on cootie catchers, Eartha Kitt’s version of Santa Baby, and actresses who do a lot with roles tha…

Calling all True Americans: it's time to do the Time Warp (again)! Walt and Annie make a soft transition out of Halloween spookiness, by mashing up retro-sci-fi-gender-bending-crazytown The Rocky Horror Picture Show with delightfully cozy Friends-but-you-like-them sitcom New Girl. Meatloafs die and a classic Winston messaround goes awry, while we d…

Happy Halloween, ghosts and ghouls! This year, we’re celebrating the spookiest of holidays with classic ‘70s horror-psychological thriller The Omen and contemporary vampire comedy gold What We Do in the Shadows. Join us as we talk about how Brian’s Song might be a horror movie, a Flintstones dinosaur undertaker, and why Damien running his mom off t…

Use your screwdriver to break out of your baby pen, but watch out for witches on the way, because this week we're crossing over Shakespearian tragedy Macbeth with classic Nicktoon Rugrats! Walt and Annie are both feeling a bit punchy as they cover the secret to a good Shakespeare play for middle schoolers, the ways that animation can be ugly and go…

Get in loser, we’re going to Sherwood! This week Walt and Annie are crossing over Ren Faire Adventuretime Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and high school classic Mean Girls! Walt kicks things off with a pun truly unappreciated in its time, we wonder about the similarities between Kevin Costner and Erren Sermerlsen, and we chat about the limits of bo…

Holy forking shirtballs, it’s happening! Hop in your Lamborghini power wheels and check us out, because Walt and Annie are crossing over two of their favorite things of all time: morality farce The Good Place, and goof-goof-roleplaying podcast The Adventure Zone: Balance! We dive deep on these two much-beloved properties, and talk about what makes …

It's time for some adorable owls and mind-boggling mysteries, so hop a boat down under and and bring your deerstalkers! This week, we're mashing up only-worthwhile-Zack-Snyder-movie-in-history Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga'Hoole with classic, archetypical and darn-near-omnipresent detective Sherlock Holmes. Come join us for a story so gra…

Grab your giant cell phones and prepare to get muy emocianado, because this week’s episode is mashing up the grim Spanish Civil War fantasy of Pan’s Labyrinth with the overbearingly bright and sunny sitcom Saved by the Bell! Join us for the weirdest crossover this side of Real World / Road Rules Challenge, which somehow still yields a full and read…

Put on your time-traveling skin suit and get ready to feed some bees to some birds, because we’re headed back to the ironic 1990s! On this episode, we cross over MTV cartoon legend Daria with the dynamic duo of action thrillers, The Terminator and T2. Check us out = as we discuss inappropriate things to watch at sleepovers, who would win in a fight…

Get your badges ready, because the Truffle Division is on the case! This week, were crossing over children’s literature classic Charlotte’s Web, and Midwestern black comedy crime caper Fargo. Join us for a discussion of why freelancers deserve payment, the syrup that holds everything together, and the continued history of Annie’s musical theatre ba…

Brace yourself for some misplaced nostalgia and mid-century Justin Biebers, because this week we’re mashing up classic Americana musical Bye Bye Birdie with perspective-bending classic novel The Sound and the Fury. We talk about the redundancy of this crossover in a world where Mad Men exists, why Brady Bunching it isn’t always the best solution, a…

We’re back from vacation, and ready to whip up another claymation animation that will never be complete! This week we’re mashing up the canceled-too-soon baseball series Pitch with the space-opera paper people of Saga, and no game of intergalactic spaceball sportsball is safe. Join us for a conversation about the burdens of being a traiblazer while…

It’s our longest title yet, but don't panic! Pull up a chair to the Starship Bistromath instead, and order a crossover sandwich, because this episode is all about smart adaptations and what we really honestly hate about galaxies. Join us for a conversation about unproblematic-by-adaptation-or-death faves, staying far away from Incesttown, and the t…

Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by midnight (or your coach turns back into a pumpkin)! This week, we’re crossing over girl-powered anime classic Sailor Moon and classic Broadway musical Into the Woods. Join us for a conversation about magical ladies, the power of formalwear, and how there are no dogs on the moon but there sure are cats!…

Get ready for some montages and mayhem, as we take a vacation trip to the Catskills, and Robbie the waiter is happy to see us. We reach into our Mysterious Media Void and cross over the arguable Dance Movie to Rule Them All, "Dirty Dancing," and cross it over with that classic of Dark Scary Christmastime, "Gremlins!" Come join us in the chaos, as s…

Hop in an ominous glass elevator, and get out your dimension-hopping knife, because today we're jumping into the cozy familial love-fest of Netflix sitcom Once Upon a Time, and mashing it up with the bonkers philosophical adventuring of the His Dark Materials series. Join us for a discussion that hits harder than a bear wearing armor, as we discuss…

Load up your t-shirt canon and get your bowling balls ready, because this episode is coming at you like a flying monkey drunk on white russians. This week, we’re mashing up the Broadway smash hit Wicked with the Coens cult classic The Big Lebowski. Join us for a conversation about unicorns cakes and salads, letting your heart jump out of your mouth…

Get ready for a roll in ze hay and a barnyard revolution, as we struggle to decide whether this will be a comedy or a drama! This week, we’re crossing over political satire/allegorical novel Animal Farm and monster movie parody fun-fest Young Frankenstein. Join us for a conversation on zombie horses, Mr. Manifesto himself, amazing ladies in comedy,…

Nothing says Americana like baseball, cowboys, and creepy old-timey ghost dolls crawling out of a cornfield. In episode 42, we’re crossing over supernatural sports movie classic Field of Dreams and the original CGI feels-fest, Toy Story. Come join us for a conversation about the awfulness of the word ‘mouthfeel,’ Americana as religion, toys committ…

Turn up the Duffstep and turn that frown right-side up, because we’re heading in the Aca-Upside-Down! This week, we’re crossing over musical comedy Pitch Perfect and ‘80′s throwback sci-fi tv show Stranger Things. Join us for a conversation about Steve’s a cappella audition song, the limits of nostalgia, actual human a cappella concerts that are de…

In every generation, there is a chosen one – and obviously that chosen one is Cheddar the dog. This week, we’re celebrating butt-kicking shows Annie loves by crossing over supernatural teen drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer and super-awesome cop sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Good is taking down evil in all forms as we discuss Scrappy Do’s legal backgroun…

Winter is coming, and so is the Zamboni! This week, we mix happy sparkly sports romantic comedy with grim dark high fantasy epic, as Yuri!!! on Ice crosses over with Game of Thrones. Join us for a discussion on the limited time frame of athletic careers, dragon baby’s day out, and how talons are nature’s ice skates. Also, in our version, Oberyn Mar…

Join us for the first annual Carnegie Deli Award ceremony, as we explore international crises and essays we wrote in high school. This week, we’re crossing over YA literary masterpiece Code Name Verity and comic book powerhouse Black Panther. Join us for a discussion of the depictions of masculinity and felinity in the spy genre, emotional gut punc…

Journey with us into the wonders of the natural world and horrors of the unnatural world, as we cross over 90s Nicktoon "The Wild Thornberrys" and Victorian monster mash drama "Penny Dreadful." What ensues is a discussion about microwaving hearts, making sure you’re casting the right Josh for the job, narratives dealing with colonialism, and snack …

Nothing says Christmas quite like lying to your family or fighting with your partner at a holiday party! Which means it’s the perfect time of year to cross over 90s high concept rom com While You Were Sleeping and 80s action blockbuster Die Hard. Join us for a discussion about breakout roles, going full Gallagher, toxic masculinity, and the Steve M…

Lightning never strikes twice, except when all of time is happening all at once in the valleys of California. Literary fiction meets pop culture nostalgia as we cross over Steinbeck’s East of Eden with Michael J. Fox’s Back to the Future. Join us for a conversation about trying to escape your family’s legacy, the sexuality of moms, brain-eating Chr…

You’re ten thousand bunnies in the wind with this week’s crossover! We’re bringing together the deep Lapine mythology of Watership Down and the wacky optimism of Parks and Recreation. Come join us at the waffle counter for our thoughts on inclusivity making a community stronger, the only worthwhile movie Zack Snyder has ever made, respect for natur…

Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the Matriarch of Abrasax! 90s neon classic sitcom/hip-hop style meet intergalactic space opera in this week’s crossover of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Jupiter Ascending. Join us for a conversation about self-centered siblings, animal-human hybrids, colonialism and consumerism, Ch…

It’s our second Halloween Spooktacular episode, featuring a (PG maximum) foray into seasonal and delightful fare of funny frights. Door-slamming farce leads to portal-opening trench-digging when the old-lady murdering of Arsenic & Old Lace crosses streams with the Christmas-culturally-appropriating Burton-ness of The Nightmare Before Christmas.A Qu…

Join us in the nuclear waste bubble that is The City, where the dinosaurs are adorable and the humans are monstrosities! This week, we’re mashing up the Don Bluth animated classic, The Land Before Time, and comic strip-inspired Warren Beatty passion project, Dick Tracy. Listen for a discussion of dinosaurs having two brains, crushing villains, the …

Ready your fidget spinners and alert the Justice Bears, because Walt and Annie are finding the happy medium between the contemplative, optimistic sci-fi of Contact and the grim, gritty Idris Elba-ness of Luther. Episode 30 features thrills, chills, and a shocking second-in-a-row appearance from Matthew McConaughey, who this time around we can all a…

There can be only one in this deadly match-up of the hottest hunks in a crossover world! In episode 29, we’re mashing up the intense drama of male stripping in Magic Mike with the 1980s bananas supernatural fight film Highlander. Join us for our thoughts on hyper-masculine communities, when to leave your found family, and why the real money for hun…

Witness us as we fuse the universes of "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Steven Universe!" Season 2 of Crossover Appeal kicks off with two of our favorite fandoms in the last couple of years–basically, we could have talked about this for even longer than we actually did. Check us out as we talk about matriarchal societies, body autonomy, Toast in the Pizza…

It’s Crossover Appeal’s one-year anniversary, so pull the magic democracy plug and come join the dance of Mister Snake Miser! Walt and Annie talk corporate intrigue and fix all Damon Lindelof’s problems, by mashing up not one, not two, but FOUR special blast-from-the-past properties. Angelica Schuyler’s time travel causes even more problems than be…

When classical ballet meets Old English sagas, it’s a great Wishbone episode with hardcore butts. In ep 26, we explore the competitive worlds of monster fighting and professional ballet with monster moms and dance moms. Come join our conversation about toxic masculinity, Peter Gallagher’s exquisite eyebrows, and storytelling in all its performative…

Strap on your foot-blades and get your hand-blades ready, because this week, we’re joining the Tortall varsity hockey team! Ducks and knights fly together in episode 25, in which we cross over The Song of the Lioness, Tamora Pierce’s classic YA fantasy series, and The Mighty Ducks, Disney’s classic sports movie that spawned a 90s-worth of copycats.…

Stretch your calf muscles and get your power loader suits ready, because we’re going to the alien finals! It’s game over, man, for this week’s episode, in which we cross over rom/fam/sports-com Bend It Like Beckham and sci-fi/action adventure Aliens. Join our conversation about how community helps us succeed, great 90s boy band names, Helen Hunt’s …

What’s that coming over the hill? It’s Anthony Hopkins in a pair of giant mechanical trousers! This week, we look at the most British-y of British stories, with the beautifully written and emotionally stunning "The Remains of the Day," and the slapstick and wit of "Wallace and Gromit." Join us for a conversation about sad road trips, maniacal pengu…

Who's ready for some hot Men on Men crossover action? And by "hot" we mean "existentially empty and full of crippling despair." Walt and Annie begin the first ever Transitive Chain of Crossovers by discussing youngling segues, Walt's distressingly warmed heart, and a sequel to "Blue's Clues" that is maybe a bit too heavy on the body-horror. Plus, t…

When you’re dealing with unwanted supernatural powers and deep questions of life, death, and morality, what you really need is a slice or two of pie. This week, we’re crossing over whimsical murder-mystery tv series Pushing Daisies with seminal theatrical work Angels in America. Check us out on iTunes, Soundcloud, and Stitcher for a conversation ab…

It's sharks vs. detectives, in a rehash of nature's oldest rivalry. Walt does a swear, lots of puns are made, and the existence of guilty pleasures is debated (spoiler alert: there are none). Join us for a veritable sharknado of mystery and intrigue, and don't forget your trench coat and fedora!Theme Music: "Password" by Go Gadget…

It's a cult classic crossover-palooza! Walt and Annie discuss the finer points of ritualistic boardgame sacrifice, Jayne and Mal butt heads over the assignment of avatars, preparations begin in earnest for our next Halloween episode, and one of us recommends Battlestar Galactica. Again. Find out which one inside, and don't forget to leave us a revi…

Hey all! Just a quick not to let you know that we're going to be a day behind on this week's episode. As recompense, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/crossoverappealpodcast for an exclusive picture of Bodo the Apology Dog. See you and your ears tomorrow!Annie Cardi & Walt McGough

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a future landscape in possession of a rogue cast of cyborgs, must be in want of crossover. In episode 18, we’re mashing up The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (our first web series!) and Blade Runner (not our first story about robots who look like people featuring Edward James Olmos!). Tune in for a conversation a…

Get your snake powers ready and come do the mashed potato, as Walt and Annie mash up the nuntastic Sister Act with their first Coen Brothers film: True Grit! Moles invade, Shia LaBeouf is unmasked, and Walt attempts to make a joke, with disastrous results. Come hang out with That God, but make sure you've got the right Jeff!…

Get ready for a theme episode of a different stripe! The stars have aligned, and today's release date is also Waltmas, which means we mash up two of Walt's favorite things ever. Prepare yourself for new songs, wacky car crashes, surprisingly deep and philosophical thematic discussions, and a couple play recommendations! And, hey, why not leave us a…

I am Les Mis, and that's good. I will never be adapted into a film with appropriate casting, but that's not bad. There is no picaresque French Historical musical I would rather be than me. Walt and Annie take a trip to the revolutionary arcade for a deep delve into delicious gaming worlds, open-world educational rpgs, and just why exactly Qbert pop…

By the Power of Grayskull! Walt and Annie make their first foray into Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, and team child-witch Tiffany Aching up with hard-nosed, by-the-book Sergeant Nicholas Angel. Will these two partners learn to work as a team on behalf of the Greater Good (the Greater Good), or will they need to turn in their guns, badges and fr…

We'd like to bring you this episode, but maybe it's already been BROUGHT? Time itself becomes a mystery, as Walt and Annie discuss shadow crossovers, secret doctors, and what a war of cheerleader forces would really look like. Plus: a contest for folks who review!Annie Cardi & Walt McGough